Bed construction



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BED CONSTRUCTION.

Application led October 2,- 1923. Serial No. 666,136.

To all whom z't may concern.:

Be 1t known that I, ANAs'rAsro MnsTAs,

a subject of the King of Spain, and a resident of MeXicoCty, Mexico, have invented a new, and Improved Bed Construction, of

which the lfollowing is a full, clear, and

. exact description.

This invention relates to a bed construc tion, and has for an object the provisionv .and durablethan hitherto, so that there is no lihood of the parts having any rel-y ative play when assembled.

v, -The invention is illustrated in the drawin, l lgure 1 1s a side elevation of the assembly with' a portion of the post broken away;

. Fig. 2 is a profile elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view.

The form of the invention shown in the drawings is a preferred form, although it is understood that modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used may 'be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the ap ended claims.

construction as shown in the drawln is a plicable to a bed post 1 in association wit .which a head rail 2 is mounted. This head rail. is bolted to the bed post 1 through a post clamping plate 3, which is in the form of an Lfshaped plate havin a body portion d dat against the post an a right angle leg portion 5 entendi away from the post substantially in the 'ne of a siderail 6.., This portion of the clamping plate is provided with a slot 7 which is inclined from the to of the piste 5 downway ,and tower the `bed post, and in this slot there is adated to lie a. stem 8 oic' a bolt-having a hea 9 this head adapted to lie and bear along the outer surface of the plate 5. This bolt is :fastened to the end of the side rail 6 and, by reason of the insertion of the stem 8 in the slot, this side rail isdrawn downwardly into position and inwardly against the base portion 3 of the e head rails and the side clamping plate mounted on the post 1. The :forward end of the side rail 6 is providedwith a dependent guide plate 10 the forward edge of which is of considerable length and is adapted when the side rail 6 is 1n' its ultimate position to bear snugly against the surface of the clamping plate 3 so as to prevent any relative movement in the vertical plane of the side rail with respect to the post 1. A lateral surface of this guiding plate 10 is Aadapted to bear also against the forward edges of the head rail `2 and an angle plate 11 which is mounted on the upper ed e of the head rail 2 and has a forward e ge 12 lying in line with the forward ed e 13 o the head rail. The head rail 2, te angle plate 11 and the clampin plate 3 are all bolted together by means 0% bolts 14 and 15 to the post 1. The guiding plate 10 is suitably connected to the side rail 6 by any suitable means, such as rivets 16. It will, therefore, be observed that by having a headed stem projecting from the end of the side rail, and by providing an inclined slot associated with the bed post in which this headed stein can be inserted; that the side rail will be drawn downwardly and inwardly against the clamping plate making a very rigid coupling between the bed post and side rails.

lt will, therefore, be observed that this provision enables a sim le, firm construction to be produced whic can be readily assembled and disassembled, and is of suficient simplicity to enable it to be mann-' factured at a relativelyeconomical figure.

What I claim is 1. A bed construction which includes.` a post, a clamping plate attached thereto aving a right-angle, slotted win portion, an angle head rail attached to sai post and bearing against said clamping plate, the

vend or the head rail being spaced slightly from the wing ortion of the clamping plate, the slot in saidD wing portion being inclined downwardly and inwardly toward the post,

side rail having a headed stem projecting from the end thereof, said stem Vadapted to lie in said slot, and a guiding platoon the end of the side rail havin a lateral and an end surface ci substantial length, said end surface adapted to bear against the clamping plate Within the space between the end of the head rail and wing portion of the clampin plate, to prevent relative movement c the side rail with i; to

the clam ing late, the lateral surface of said gui ing p ate adapted to bear against the vertical and horizontal faces of the end of the angle head rail to prevent relative movement between the head rail and the side rail.

2. A bed construction as set forth in claim 1 which includes an angle plate modes@ mounted on the uprer face of the head rail, said angle plate avng a forward edge lyin in line with the forward edge of the hea rail and adapted to bear against the lateral surface of the guiding plate to pre' vent relative movement between the head rail and the side rail.

A. MESTAS. 

